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To help pass the time until ST starts, I've decided to conduct a prediction contest of sorts.
Disclaimer: This isn't anything close to the popular contests Lou and John put together in the past. Don't get your hopes up too much.
This contest consists of 50 questions, plus 4 tie-breaker questions ... all posted as polls. You will have until February 18th to vote on each poll. Below are the links to the questions. Questions in red denote clarifications/corrections which are posted in...

Yanks were a below .500 team on the road in 2016 (17-23 at the halfway point, 36-45 in total) and IMO they need to reverse that record on the road this year to be in contention. They've started off 3-6. A couple of wins @ Fenway can "straighten the ship" in a hurry.
The Yanks won 48 games at home last year, and IMO they'll at least match that & hopefully do even better because I think they'll score more runs at home this year. 50 wins seems like a nice achievable goal. Perhaps we can have...

It's not too early to start projecting what the team might need to consider doing at the deadline. I don't think their record after the first week is necessarily a reason to panic, but let's face it. This is still not a very good team. Kinda hoping this July finishes the job Cashman started so brilliantly last summer. How about Tanaka and Betances as this summer's primary bait? And at what point do we need to start getting some ML ready players back to reboot for 2018?

Not sure how to call this one. The way he's pitched lately, I'm intrigued at the idea of keeping him in the rotation for the next few years. But if he opts out, I'm tempted to pass no matter how well he pitches for the rest of this season. If he chooses to honor the remainder of the contract as is, I'm okay with that too. Are we better off moving forward with him, or without him?

For those of us who have lost all hope in Hal/Trost/Levine and Cashman to make the right decisions for this club. #VoteLeave #Bronxit
Levines comment yesterday was the last straw, my confidence has hit 0

It's on. He's being posted this offseason.
The quickest way to go from a middle of the pack team to a contender would be by signing an ace-caliber pitcher for under $3M. Almost unfair to the teams that miss out on him.

*You don't actually have to post lineups. Just who we'll have at each position*
Now that I think of it we won't necessarily have a typical "leadoff hitter"
With these guys, how would the lineup go?
Judge (RF), Harper (LF), Frazier (LF), Sanchez (C), Bird (1B), Otani (DH), Didi (SS), Torres (3B), Wade or Castro (2B). I think Torres could leadoff as he has speed and gets on base
3B Torres
LF Harper